Covenants

In Dark Souls 2, Covenants are pacts voluntarily entered by the player. In exchange for some privilege, power, or opportunity, the player agrees to act in a certain way or abide by special rules, most often in online play.

Covenants in Dark Souls 2 includes nine separate Covenants, each of which effect different aspects of PvE or PvP play.

Devotion

While adherence to covenants was more strict and rigid in Dark Souls, it is possible to move back and forth between covenants by using Shalquoir the cat in Majula to abandon one covenants for another. The amount of offerings given at a certain shrine will not be negated by leaving a covenant (e.g. if one starts as an Heir to the Sun, gives 3 medals, then abandons and rejoins later to give 7 more, Rank 1 is achieved without any reset or penalty).